Truck-body partition



June`l7, 1930. w.' H. EDWARDS TRUCK BODY PARTITION Filed March 12, 1928 IN VEN TOR.

A TTORNEY.

' PatentecllJune 17, 193()` WILLIAM HOWARD EDWARDS.' or soUTII DEND,'I'1\IDIA1TA, AssI'GNoR To EDWARDS IRON vvoyRIIs,V INCORPORATED, or soUTH` BEND, INDIANA f TRUCK-BODY rARTITIoiv` I i 'Appneat'ion mea March 12, 1928.Vr serial N; 261,086;

` Theinvention relates .to truck body partitions, particularly of the type used in coal andicey trucks, and has vfor its object to provide a device ofV thisfcharacter which 'is rej movable, and which may be removed bya person standing on the ground behindthe truck without yclimbing into the truck.

A further object is to providea devicev of this charactervwhose upper'end is pivotally 10 carried by the edges of the truck body sides,

sothat the partition may be pivoted, and to provide means whereby the partition may be f Vheld in the horizontal position to allow access with a shovel to the contents of the body `15j vfrom beneath the partition and without removing thepartition from the truck body. A further object is to provide a device of y this charactery having means whereby the partition may be swung and secured in either a l 2G vertical or'horizontal position with relation to the truck body.

Afurther object is to provide a partition A which is simple and ysubstantial of construction, cheap tojmanufacturd,v and which may be easily and readily removed entirely from the body, or swung to and held in a horizontalposition.

' With theabove and other objects inl view, thevinvention resides inthe combination and 'f vso arrangementof parts as hereinafterset forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that'changesin the precise embodiment of the invention may be madewithin the scope of what is claimed without departing vfrom the spirit of the invention. y f In the drawing Figure lis a side elevation of the device. Figure 2 is a perspective view of a portion the truck body with thepartition thereiny in the vertical or, closed position. Y e

'Figure 3 is a'perspective Vview of a portion of the truck body with-fthe, partition therein in the horizontal or open position. n

VReferring; to the drawing, the numeral l i A f Y designatesthe truck body, which is preferably vof sheety metal construction, having the upper edgesj of ,the sides thereof angularlyy and outwardly. bent to lformflanges 2. Transf j` 5D, versely disposed'in the truck-bodyv is a parflanges 2.of the. truck body sides. Horizon- Ysecured'togetheratf8, thepoint 8 being equidistant from. thegopposite ends ofthe parti# end of thepartition' 3; f Stop pins 11 yare carlockgbolts 9, will beifreceived in the holeskl in f vare secured pinmembers 4, which'` are pref-e5 `erablyspot kweldedto the partition 3. The pinmembersffi' extend outwardly vfromjthe l partition'l and areL adaptedto rest in U-` shaped members 5, which` are'carried bythe G0 tally across the partition 3,A and: near the bottom thereof, isfdisposed a shiftable Vlinked member 6',- whichis .preferably made lof two: flat metaly barsfv of equal lengthk lpivotally" tion 3. .Pivotally secured tothevmembers'at i the outerends thereof areround metal lock bolts 9, which are adaptedtoy extend beyond the ends ofthe partitiony 3 whenythe parts 70 comprising the member 6 vare moved tok horizontal orzaligned*position.l The lock bolts9 are heldi in place by the bracket members 10 whichare disposedl in sets yof two near each ried'by t-he lock boltsf9 atpoints betweenA they brackets 10-0f each set, so that the amount of lateralmovementwhichthe 'lock bolts 9. may i l have will be limitedto thedistance betweenV y the Lbrackets in each set.- 8o

* Spaedaparttandequidistantthe eii'ds v y Vof thep'artitionl are disposed the brackets l2,

which limit vthe amount of vertical movement which the members Y2' may have. The brackets 1Q and 12 are preferably secured tothe partitionj3;.by,spOtWelding. vWhen theirjparts e comprising theseouring member 6 are 'in horizontal alignment-, and the ,partition 3 is in a vertical positionpthe projected ends-of the the sides of the truckbody.V

Inusingthe'partitionfit 1s disposed veri tically withinthe truckbody with," the pinsA "y,

resting-y inl the members; 5;y "The securingy memberv 6-`is operated so that'theends ofthe look bolts 9willbefshiftectintothe'holes.i3 1 j y in lthe sidesofthe ,truclff` body l, and Lthus.

secure'the partitionagainst forward and rearwardjpivotalmovement@ThepositionY Y' y set outgabove-is the operative position of the. 1.00.

u continuous lifting action device. When it is desired to obtain access to the Contents of the body in front of the partition 3, it is not necessary to remove the partition, but the same may be raised to the position shown in Figure 8, to permit which,

the lock bolts 9 may be previously withdrawn from the holes 13 in thesides of the truck body. It will be noted that a'manvcan stand behind the truck and raise the bars 7 with a shovel, using the body bottomas a ful- Crum, and thus the necessity of climbing into the body to entirely remove the partition from the body is obviated. L'

After the lock bolts 9 have been withdrawn from the holes 13, the partition 3 may be swung on the pins 4 supported by the members 5, to' a horizontal position, as shown in Figure 3. l/Vhen the partition has thus been swung to a horizontal position, the linking parts are again operated so that the locking -bolts 9'pr0trude beyond the ends of the partition and rest upon the Hanges 2 of the truck body, thus holding the partition 3 in horizontal position. With the partition so held in a horizontal position,7access can be had to the contents of the body in the V front portion thereof by aman using a shovel and standing on the ground behind the truck, andA the contents, such as coal, may be shoveled out beneath the horizontally held partition, thus obviating the necessity, otherwise, of entirely removing the partition for the purpose. It will also be observed that the partition may be entirely removed from the truck bodyk with ease by withdrawing the securing lock bolts 9 from the holes 13 and lifting the partition to take the Vpins 4 out ofthe keeper members 5, which withdrawal of the locking pins and lifting action may -be conveniently accomplished in one movement, as for example, by applying the end of a shovel beneath the bars 7 until the pins 4 clear the keeper members 5.

From the above it will be seen that a truckl y body partition is provided which is securely Vse held in operative position; which can be piv-` oted and held in a Vhorizontal position so as to allow access to the contents of the bodyVV from beneath the partition, as by the use of a shovel slid along the body bottom; and

Y which is simple and substantial of construe# tion and easily manipulated for the purpose intended. Y Y Y Y The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as'new and useful is:

l. The combination with' a truck fbody Ahaving apertures in the opposite sides therepartition pivotally mounted in saidtruck body, keeper brackets of', of a detachable carried by said partition, shiftable'pivotally connected link members carried by said brackets, lock bolts pivotally connected t0` the outer ends of said'link membersV and shiftable for engagement with said apertures and applying a upon vertical movement of the link members, said brackets being adapted to limit the p1v- `otal movement of said link members whereby upon application of force upwardly applied against said members the lock bolts will be withdrawn from the apertures and the partition lifted free from its pivot.

V2. The combination with a truck body having aperturesV in the opposite sides thereof, of a partition pivotally vsupported in said truck body and detachable from its pivotal support by an upward movement of the partition, brackets carried by said partition, 

